The secondary the Ravens came in the season with looks a lot different than it does today. The Ravens saw their great cornerback depth start to thin out when Tavon Young went down with an injury in the preseason. The Ravens are about to get Jimmy Smith back from his injury in the season opener. In Smith’s absence the purple and black have lost Tony Jefferson and DeShon Elliott for the season and the Ravens traded for Marcus Peters. Things have not gone as planned and this secondary spent most of the first half of the season failing to live up to their billing,
The defense is right in the middle of the packed, ranked 16th out of 32 teams in overall yards allowed per game.